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Rule 2: I make the rules.
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Good morning from partly cloudy and mild Northeast Ohio!
I finished some new cars this week.
First is the GACX 4550CF Covered Hopper car that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks. Finished it by painting with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray paint and lettering it with Prime Mover Decals. Car was used hauling grain from various locations on the Erie Lackawanna.
Next I buiilt and painted another Intermountain Railway PC&F R70-20 Reefer kit. Substituted metal Yarmouth Models Sill Steps for the extremely fragile plastic Sill Steps. Painted with Scalecoat II Daylight Orange, White and Black Paints then lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was one of thousands used in transporting fresh produce out of California to the rest of the country, also used in conjunction with the BAR to haul potatoes out of Maine.
Athearn Erie Lackawanna SDP45 and SD45-2 with a general frieght running on the Strongsville Club layout.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rick. Thanks for starting this weeks WPF.
Great looking hopper and reefer. Well done.
Myself. Just a little project of resighting the cafe. Still a little more to do. Then I notice the window at the Bradford & Bingley BS needs attention. (Never ending little jobs.)
IMG_2588 by David Harrison, on Flickr
An old picture from near the old control area.
IMG_5436 by David Harrison, on Flickr
The signalman is returning to the cabin after handing over the single line token. Ariadne proceeds on its way. Passengers on the Leeds City Corporation bus are oblivious to proceedings.
IMG_4503 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Thanks for starting us out Rick. Like that Bicentenial unit.
David: Double decker bus. Love it!!!! Don't see that on this side of the pond too often.
A couple of month ago I found a Soo Line FP-7 in original colors for my Soo interchange and had posed it with a modern Soo Wide vision caboose. I knew I needed something differnt and while attending the Titletown train show in Green Bay a couple of weeks ago, I found a neat little kit from a group call Soolineparts. This is a 3-D printed resin kit of a Soo 34' wooden caboose that has great detail and optional parts and decals to create any wooden caboose that the Soo had from 1920's to the 1960's. Parts have great detail and very little flash. This is a resin kit so there are of course some larger parts have some warping. Here is the completed kit except for some grab irons that are quite brittle and hard to install.
The designer figured out how to put 2 large steel nuts in the body to bring it up to NMRA weight.
Had some leftover arch-bar caboose trucks that work nicely.
It looks good paired with the FP-7.
Everyone have a great weekend.
Scott Sonntag
Rick, Thanks for starting the WPF with a couple fine freight cars, I especially like the PFE reefer'.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend. Regards, Peter
Nice photos everyone!
Here is some progress on my scratch built engine house.
20230422_103700 by Eric Miller, on Flickr
20230422_103654 by Eric Miller, on Flickr
20230422_104220 by Eric Miller, on Flickr
Theo by Bear, on Flickr
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Rick, the EL and PFE cars look excellent! Plus dig the shot from your club layout.
Dave, the scenes from your layout are always great! Love the between buildings shots.
Scott, the caboose looks good! Look forward to seeing more of it.
Peter, weathering on that ATSF boxcar is great! The "The Ramones" graffiti is a nice touch.
Eric, engine house is coming along nicely.
Bear, nice caption!
Pike-62, nice Hamm's reefer cars!
I'll post a couple photos in a minute.
Alvie.
The family waving at the caboose of the passing New York Central train. Laserkit model I built myself and a Walthers/Proto UTLX 10k gal. tank car.
I love building craftsman kits but I could not pass up the chance to get this Sheepscot coaling tower already assembled for a reasonable price. The craftsmanship is excellent and the packing job had been excellent. A couple tiny parts broke off but only took me two minutes to fix with some CA glue.
Alvie
I have not gotten much done. mostly decaling. i did get these 3d printed yesterday and now the primer is curing. these are 009 gauge pieces for a 009 project layoout
SHane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
cats think well of me"The Ramones"
Thanks Alvie, ATSF boxcar is a Moloco offering, their website photo taken by Richard Yaremko in 1985, along with the 'Ramones' made for a good weathering guide. Btw, nice scenes you posted today, the coaling tower is a treasure, highlighting the builder's skill and love of modeling. Regards, Peter
JINX!
As it so happens - just by pure fate - what are the chances I had an FP7-A AND a 3d printed caboose hanging around. Both were sitting on my benchtop.
Couldn't refuse a free PEPSI! Thanks Scott!
Clear Ahead!
Douglas